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And, again, I ask "are you under some kind of arbitrary time constraint when you have to create a novel problem solving approach?" Listen, most data theory prob

And, again, I ask "are you under some kind of arbitrary time constraint when you have to create a novel problem solving approach?" Listen, most data theory problems have been solved, but for the ones that haven't, in work, we're asked to come up with a solution, but not in any weird arbitrarily short amount of time. If your goal is to simply know how someone explores a problem, fine I guess. I don't agree with your approach but I can see your point. But if you expect a working implementation, that's unreasonable in my opinion and I believe you'll be rejecting many fine candidates using that method.

chillacy 11y ago
> arbitrary time constraint Don't you have release deadlines, even if they're measured in weeks? Depending on the complexity of the problem, I've been expected to produce code. That tends to be tricky and I don't always get it 100%, but I've not finished my code and gotten just the general direction, and still passed (received the offer). > you'll be rejecting many fine candidates using that method. I could see that being true. Without knowing what kind of company you work at I wouldn't know. Since I work in a big tech company who interviews in this fashion, all my coworkers who I'd consider fine candidates have passed this (partly arbitrary) bar. It's not something I was good at, but I decided that I wanted to work at a big tech company, so I decided to play the interview game.